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Our Swedish Garden (A Haibun)
by Ronald A PavellasOur Swedish garden is not a Japanese Garden.
Eva and I gained rights to 65 square meters of suburban Stockholm soil in a communal plot. The previous tenant found the clay-bound soil too hard to work without a partner.
So, with a petrol-powered tiller, some lighter soil mixed in, the use of quite a bit of long-forgotten muscle and then, in a few weeks, a potato patch!
Along the way I discovered friends from childhood:
Quiet slugs
Bright bees
Floating dandelion fairies
Sudden beetles
Subterranean ants
Earthworms in the hard, damp clay
All that work
Why didn’t I wait
For the earthworms to finish?
06/06/2010 Author's Note: Here is the definition of a haibun: http://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/pages_all/haibundefinitions.html
Posted on 06/06/2010
Copyright © 2026 Ronald A Pavellas
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Colleen Sperry on 06/06/10 at 11:56 AM enjoyed this .. thanks for the introduction to this form as well.. |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 06/06/10 at 01:32 PM Man, I really love the childhood allusions and the images. They speak your own ability to tap into that little boy inside. Kudos to you for that, and thank you for the intro to this form. I looked at the website you recommended and the emphasis on images rather than narrative is good for me. Cool poem. |
| Posted by Steve Michaels on 10/26/10 at 12:11 AM Beautiful poem! Congrats on POTD! |
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